Memory phrase for the character: 美

美

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Meaning

America, USA, beautiful

Pronunciation

měi

Explanation

Top: sheep 羊 (The horned 丷 animal with a backbone 丨 and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep), below: big 大

Mnemonic


 
A sheep that is big is beautiful, like America.

Radicals

羊 sheepImage of a sheep from above with horns 丷 backbone 丨 and wool 三 extending to the sides.
大 big, hugeA person 人 with outspread arms 一 appears big.




 Vocabulary

美国 měi guó  United States; USA
美轮美奂 měi lún měi huàn  splendid and magnificent houses (idiom); a sumptuous mansion
美轮美奂 měi lún měi huàn  splendid and magnificent houses (idiom); a sumptuous mansion
哆啰美远族 Duō luō měi yuǎn zú  Torobiawan, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
美洲兀鹰 Měi zhōu wù yīng  condor; American bald eagle
美妙 měi miào  beautiful; wonderful; splendid
美好 měi hǎo  beautiful; fine
优美 yōu měi  graceful; fine; elegant
美观 měi guān  pleasing to the eye; beautiful; artistic
美洲 Měi zhōu  the Americas
美感 měi gǎn  sense of beauty; aesthetic perception
 

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